Lares Stout-Heart
Lares was not pleased with his Lady's decision to go to Atton and visit her cousin. He did not say he was not pleased; merely mentioned, gently, that sooner rather than later she should think about returning to Voco. They'd been in Athering since before Novena. By the time they returned, they would have spent three months away.
Anala had listened to his counsel, nodded and then ignored his advice. As usual.
Instead of protesting, he helped the Lady Miranda pack her things. She was even less pleased than he was.
"I don't want to go to Atton. I don't want to be in Athering. This place stinks." The petulant whine of pre-adolescence edged her voice. Lares tried not to sigh.
He looked at her directly as he put her traveling bags on her bed. "Part of being nobility is doin
